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Up past the fire command post at Crest Road and Crenshaw Boulevard where Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor Larry Clark paced, beyond the perpetually peaceful Mary and Joseph Retreat Center and behind the no-nonsense gates of Rolling Hills I rediscovered a relationship as old and as troubled as love itself.
It's true. Any piece of Los Angeles County that can burn has burned time and time again, any chunk of dry chaparral that can explode into incendiary mayhem will inevitably do just that.See the full content of this document
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Peninsula's Safety Is an Illusion Fire Crews Make Real
The late Elin Vanderlip once recalled for me the towering brush fires that consumed the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the days before development. While Mayor Clark mentioned the fires of 1973 (the last time Peninsula homes were lost) and 2005.
"In 2005 we had torrential rains and mud too," said Clark, who had a bad feeling the minute he arrived home on Thursday...See the full content of this document
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